Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'll be all right for a few hours . |
| 2 | Despite this demonstration of his habitual need for normal sleep , even if only for a few hours a night , this same individual appeared on television a few years later , again claiming never to sleep . |
| 3 | Opportunities to relax and let her guard down , even if only for a few hours , had been rare . |
| 4 | We knew it was not true to life but it was a good way to escape our humdrum lives if only for a few hours . |
| 5 | Volunteers usually act as ‘ sitters ’ caring for a client while the rest of the family is away , perhaps for a few hours for a weekly shopping trip . |
| 6 | Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office . |
| 7 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 8 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
| 9 | She had travelled overnight all the way from Scotland , just for a few hours one Saturday . |
| 10 | Today she 's come to a pre admissions clinic just for a few hours . |
| 11 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
| 12 | Go home for a few hours . |
| 13 | Even he , however , confessed that it was difficult to control men who had not been accustomed to organization , whose " idea was that once a union was formed everything should be put right in a few hours " . |
| 14 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
| 15 | If you do manage it then this brilliant collection of new maps will give you something to do tonight , at least for a few hours ! |
| 16 | ‘ Just as you 're going to have to endure being separated from Jeff every day — at least for a few hours , while we do our English lessons . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll be there for a few hours . ’ |
| 18 | It seemed , as her mother would have said , ‘ a crime ’ to waste a beautiful afternoon in a stuffy cinema , but she might be able to shed her troubles there for a few hours . |
| 19 | ‘ I had to get away from there for a few hours . |
| 20 | Microtus makes her nest underground in a burrow , so she can safely bring her young into the world when they are still at an early stage of their development , and then within a few hours , start on the business of producing the next litter . |
| 21 | To Henry , the idea of being cheered on as you croaked , by Elinor , Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet , his mother , her mother , Maisie and anyone else with a few hours to spare was almost completely repulsive . |
| 22 | At the weekends he can be anywhere within a few hours drive doing the job of a ‘ Sapper ’ the army 's word for a Military Engineer . |